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. 2021 May 28;21:223. doi: 10.1186/s12905-021-01370-w

Table 2.

Number and percentage of women experiencing no, mild, moderate or severe somatic, psychological and urogenital symptoms according to menopausal status

Menopausal status p value
Pre-menopausal
N = 44
Peri-menopausal
N = 70
Post-menopausal
N = 137
Somatic symptoms [N (%)] 0.321
No symptoms 29 (65.9%) 28 (40.0%) 57 (41.6%)
Mild 8 (18.2%) 19 (27.2%) 30 (21.9%)
Moderate 5 (11.4%) 16 (22.8%) 40 (29.2%)
Severe 2 (4.5%) 7 (10.0%) 10 (7.3%)
Psychological symptoms [N (%)] 0.073
No symptoms 26 (59.1%) 32 (45.7%) 54 (39.4%)
Mild 8 (18.2%) 11 (15.7%) 24 (17.5%)
Moderate 4 (9.1%) 14 (20.0%) 31 (22.6%)
Severe 6 (13.6%) 13 (18.6%) 28 (20.4%)
Urogenital symptoms [N (%)] 0.017
No symptoms 25 (56.8%) 36 (51.4%) 51 (37.2%)
Mild 6 (13.6%) 15 (21.4%) 24 (17.5%)
Moderate 10 (22.7%) 13 (18.6%) 28 (20.4%)
Severe 3 (6.8%) 6 (8.6%) 34 (24.8%)